It was very hot at noon, and there was no cloud in the sky. The sun was hanging above the head motionlessly, burning with grass. There was no wind, the air was still stagnant, there was no ripple on the water surface, and the unbreakable silence enveloped the city and courtyards, as if everything was dead. The headquarters, which was originally noisy every day, also appeared extremely quiet in the sultry weather, and everyone was looking for a cool place to escape the scorching heat.

Lin Sheng also had a rare leisure time with his daughter, and found Xie Ping and Tian Xiaojun, the director of the Intelligence Bureau who had just returned from Peking. The four of them sat around the Eight Immortals table and started playing poker. Tian Xiaojun said while fighting: "To be honest, the big figures in history are different from what I imagined, and we are unacceptable in our thoughts and behaviors. But at least when they were receiving you, they showed a gentlemanly demeanor, read the scriptures, and spoke with great words."

"Then you, the intelligence master, aren't confused!" Lin Siyu smiled and got into the topic.

"Think about it, there are still three years from now to Yuan Shikai's fall. World War I will break out next year. The imperial powers have no time to go to our country. Do you think our army needs to occupy Yunnan and Guangxi provinces before Yuan Shikai's death, or hold on to the army?" Lin Sheng put down the card in his hand and asked inquiry.

"Yunnan is now the head of Tang Jiyao. Cai E has been tricked by Yuan Shikai to cultivate in Peking, which is equivalent to house arrest. Tang Jiyao himself is an extremely reactionary figure in history. With the current strength of our army, it is completely possible to occupy Yunnan in the short term. The difficulty lies in the difficulty of completely controlling Yunnan!" Xie Ping said worriedly.

"Dad, Uncle Xie, you are actually too worried. In my opinion, not only will you occupy Yunnan quickly, but also Guangxi. The national protection movement in history started from these two provinces. As long as we occupy four provinces, unite with the warlords of other provinces in Jiangnan, we will use Mr. Sun Wen's influence to completely overthrow Yuan Shikai, and then change the trend of Chinese history. We will use the opportunity of World War I to unify the whole country. On the other hand, Yuan Shikai is now launching the territory of the revolutionary army that occupied Jiangnan, and there is no time to settle for us in the southwest provinces. Once Yuan Shikai is freed up, the next target will be us. Only when we grow so strong that he dare not take action easily, and then we will wait for the opportunity for warlords to fight!" Lin Siyu urgently said what he had already thought of for a while.

"I think it's quite reasonable!" Tian Xiaojun was the first to stand up to agree with her opinion.

In June, Yuan Shikai ordered the removal of three governors of the Kuomintang (Li Liejun from Jiangxi, Hu Hanmin from Guangdong and Bai Wenwei from Anhui), and dispatched troops to go south. It was only then that the Kuomintang was forced to respond. Sun Wenwen from Shanghai and Huang signaled to summon forces from southern provinces to unite against Yuan Shikai. This is what the Kuomintang called the "second revolution". On July 12, Li Liejun declared independence at the Hukou Fort in Jiangxi, and on the 15th, Huang Xin established a fight against Yuan Jun in Nanjing. Although Anhui, Guangdong, Fujian and Hunan all responded by the Kuomintang, it was mostly bluffing. Under the pressure of Yuan Shikai's southward army, he has now occupied Nanjing and marched towards Shanghai.

Yuan Shikai issued a notice in July saying: "The thugs declared independence without authorization, undermining the unification of the Republic of China. The government's rule in accordance with the law and had the responsibility to use its troops to quell the chaos." The temporary agreement that was originally intended to bind Yuan Shikai has now become the legal basis for him to suppress the revolution. Sun Yat-sen, Huang Xing and others have become wanted "thugs". They had to leave the Republic of China, which they fought for, and went abroad to exile again.

At the same time, the Congress had already opened. The Kuomintang members who remained in Peking told Yuan Shikai that Sun Yat-sen and others were just the nominal leaders of the Kuomintang. This time, the rebellion in Jiangxi and Nanjing was their personal action, and it had nothing to do with their party. Yuan Shikai used the method of bribery and division to cause many Kuomintang members to withdraw from the Kuomintang and form a small party. In this way, the Kuomintang's majority position in the Congress disappeared. At the end of July, the Congress passed the appointment of Xiong Xiling as the prime minister of the cabinet. The diplomacy, internal affairs, army, navy, and transportation departments in this cabinet were controlled by Yuan Shikai's confidants.

Thinking of this, Lin Sheng felt that the People's Party's political propaganda was seriously insufficient and far from enough in the national influence. He was also depressed about how to move the next chess piece. He was afraid of having a bad impact on changing China's destiny, and he was eager to develop rapidly against Japan in the two wars.

"I think that given that the West is about to start a war, I can consider asking Gu Hao and the others to finish their studies and return to China. At the same time, the matter of entering Yunnan and Guangxi was proposed at the enlarged military conference to see what everyone has. I have thought that there are ports where they can go to sea, which will help the liberated areas import advanced production equipment from Western countries and accelerate the economic development of the liberated areas."

"Since that's the case, I don't think I'll take it to the meeting to discuss it. That's a waste of time. It's up to you to decide. The weather in July is too hot, and there are many mosquitoes in Yunnan and Guangxi, and the troops also need to gather and prepare. In terms of time, I think September and October are more suitable. At that time, most of Yuan Shikai's troops were in Jiangnan, and there were few troops stationed in the two lakes. The warlords in Shaanxi and Gansu provinces did not have the strength to attack us." Xie Ping analyzed the current situation around Sichuan in a few words.

"Okay! Your General Political Commissar has already thought of a plan to enter Yunnan, so of course I have no choice but to implement it!" Lin Sheng saw that Xie Ping had made up his mind to support this plan, and he was not good at raising objections. At the same time, he felt that this suggestion was feasible. He then said in a compliment.

"Tian Xiaojun, your intelligence department should speed up the collection and determination of the exact locations of warlords in Yunnan and Guangxi, the deployment of troops, and the supply of food and ammunition."

"Commander Lin, please rest assured. Our Intelligence Bureau had sent some comrades to invade the Yunnan Army as early as when Guizhou was liberated. The situation of the Yunnan Army was relatively familiar, and the troops of Guangxi warlord Lu Rongting knew Shen Shao. At the same time, Lu Rongting's troops did not fully control Guangxi, but occupied the eastern part of Guangxi, but were occupied by the Yunnan Army in the west." Tian Xiaojun quickly introduced the situation obtained by the intelligence department.

"Well! We must also pay attention to strengthening the collection of the geographical and geomorphological landscapes of Yunnan and Guangxi. When fighting, we cannot rely on maps to command the troops." Lin Sheng thought for a while and said, "Political Commissar Xie, how many months have we not been in contact with Gu Hao and the others?"

"Four months, I think it may be that there is a problem with the radio station they brought. However, it should be repaired in four months. I'm really worried about them?" Xie Ping said with a frown: "Are you sending someone to the United States to contact me?" Lin Sheng shook his head and said: "No need. If it was a radio station problem, Gu Hao would have sent someone back to China to contact us. There are only a handful of people who know foreign languages ​​here. No matter what, just focus on our army's next plan! The troops have not experienced the baptism of war for a while."

At this moment, Gu Hao, who was far away from the ocean, was anxiously walking back and forth in the luxury villa. When he recalled the life he had experienced, he felt so legendary and incredible. He was originally studying business administration in college, but because his girlfriend despised himself for poverty, he passed away in anger. Then he had the magic to return to the late Qing Dynasty and have the opportunity to create a powerful Chinese Empire. Just when he was disdainful of his ideals, he was ordered to lead more than 100 students to study abroad because of his skillful and fluent English.

At that time, he was going to visit Britain and France. However, after arriving in the UK, Gu Hao carefully studied and read the major newspapers and magazines at that time, and had a premonition that the world's economic depression was coming, and the European countries would suffer the most severely. For this reason, he used the radio station he carried with him to discuss with Lin Sheng and Xie Ping and decided to go to the United States. As the freest country in the world, the United States has also flourished in economic development, and both schools, military academies and military are tolerant of other nations. Of course, the premise is that you have money.

On the first day after Gu Hao arrived in New York, USA, after learning about the local situation through the newspaper, he visited the most famous and upright lawyer Mike in the local area. "Hello, lawyer Mike! I am Gu Hao from China!" Gu Hao Binbin introduced himself reasonably.

"Hello! Mr. Gu, is there anything I need my help?" Mike answered politely, with a professional smile on his face.

"As a Chinese immigrant to the United States, I need a lawyer to serve me in this unfamiliar place. I am a businessman and will set up a factory in the United States. For this reason, I sincerely hope that you will become my full-minded lawyer consultant!" Gu Hao explained his purpose straightforwardly.

Ah! Mike is a lot of different things about this young Chinese. You should know that he has never seen a Chinese who speaks so fluently in English, nor has he heard of that Chinese hire a lawyer. He not only asked curiously: "Are you sure you ask me? Pay the lawyer's fee?" "Yes! I sincerely hire you to become the factory lawyer I will build!" "Okay! I agree!"

It was so simple. Gu Hao learned about the economic situation of the United States at that time through Mike, and combined his advanced business mind, in a short period of time, he used the funds he brought from China to make a big profit in stocks and futures, which made a big profit in Mike, which made Mike wonder about his amazing judgment. Later, he and his friend Mike discussed jointly investing in the establishment of a factory, and Mike tended to build a new textile factory with abundant returns at the time. However, Gu Hao firmly opposed it and asked Mike to use his relationship to apply for the establishment of a gun factory to produce military guns and ammunition, which surprised Mike. However, Gu Hao's strong request and Mike's astonishing judgment on him still agreed.

Just as Gu Hao's military factory was completed and production, the situation in Europe suddenly changed, and the contradictions that had been suppressed for a long time between the powerful countries gradually became clear. Germany, France, Austro-Hungarian Empire, Russia and others all began to expand their troops. All countries urgently needed a large amount of guns and ammunition to arm their troops. When the conditions for their military production in their country were not allowed, they were purchasing arms from the United States. The order for guns for Gu Hao's military factory was already six months later, and Zhuo Shi excited Mike. In the following year, Mike handed over everything to Gu Hao, and he still became a lawyer.

Gu Hao used his strong funds to gradually enter various favorable areas such as famous military enterprises, shipyards, chemicals, and finance in the eastern United States. At the same time, except for a small number of accompanying personnel, they were arranged to serve as off-staff students in various military academies. The others were placed by Gu Hao in his own factory and mining enterprises.
Chapter completed!